Roll of Honor
Incident
Patrolman Anthony Schaffer died as the result of head injuries he sustained in a fall while on patrol near the area of Sycamore Street and Abigail Street at approximately 4:00 am.
He had gone into a business to get warm. When he did not return his partner went inside to locate him and discovered him laying on the basement floor, twelve feet below. Patrolman Schaffer had apparently fallen through an open hatchway while inside of the business.
Patrolman Schaffer's partner and several employees of the business carried him to his home, where he died approximately five hours later.
Patrolman Schaffer had served with the agency for 8 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and more than 10 children.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
145 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Patrolman Schaffer gave the Cincinnati Police Department 8 years.
Thank you for your service to the Cincinnati community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Patrolman Anthony Schaffer is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In OH, 318 of 991 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 32.1% of this state's fallen. That is 1.1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At Cincinnati Police Department, 32 of 106 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 30.2% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Anthony Schaffer's cause is highlighted.
How Anthony Schaffer Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
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